This has been by far the best channel I have found for small engine repair! Your explanations are clear and concise and you seem to have a genuine love/passion for the work you do! Thank you so very much!
Just a quick THANK YOU for sharing your expertise, time, and all of your efforts you and your husband do to bring these videos to us. You are a very good teacher, I like your style of teaching. Very calm, direct, explanatory. Meaning that your style of teaching gives me confidence that I can do my repair successfully. You and your husband are truly professional!!!!
No sunrise or coffee on this one, liked the slowmo with the cat. I would like to see a video on clearing and starting a flooded saw if possible. Thanks for the great content.
I was surprised to see that the spark plug wasn't wet, yet a new plug was the fix. Good call on that. I'm learning more about chainsaws every time I watch you work on one. Thanks.
I waited very patiently for another chainsaw video from our lovely Erica and this one was short and sweet. Earlier this week I worked on an old Homelite handheld blower that was so crusty and covered with dirt that I didn't give it much hope of ever working again. Replaced the brittle fuel lines, cleaned the carb and replaced the metering diaphragm and she fired up like nothing was wrong with it. Love your channel Erica and Tyler and needless to say, these chainsaw repair videos are a hit❤❤❤❤
Great example of “time is money”. Those guys working in the woods probably have four of them on hand, and don’t have the time to tinker with them, as they go down. Knowing they may need a part, it is better to just drop them off as they break, as they would have to make the trip anyhow, to get parts, and spend time getting them going again.
Good morning, i work at a small engine repair shop, and whenever i get a no start chainsaw in i make it a habit to check fuel, spark, and compression first. That usually leads me down the right path for repairs. Good video, thanks.
After watching most of these videos I noticed one big thing for customers. The biggest thing to keep your saw running top notch is when I use my saw or outdoor power equipment I always try and keep my power equipment clean. I use it then I clean it and put it away. After cleaning I take the bar off and have the chain sharpened grease the spline bearing with white lithium grease. Most of this equipment brought it not all is usually very dirty air filter dirty or something. When you clean your power equipment it gives you time to inspect it and if you see a worn sprocket or dirty air filter replace it. I always use stihl motomix. I know it gets pricy but in the long run it will keep your equip running at its best. A lot of problems I seen is bad fuel. Thank you for the post
Again a very good teaching ! I noticed during the first pull on the video something like a light between the handle and the engine, like a spark outside, coul'd be somewhere around the coil instead of at the plug. Bad sparkplug is allways strange, often there is no sign of evidence. I allready got a sparkplug making well few sparks and after few seconds only one on two, result was a bad slow regime and no acceleration. Change it !
Years back I had a not running 1971 Scorpion Super Stinger. 793 Hirth 3 cylinder, three HD tillitson carburators, Three Expansion chambers. Arctic Cat full rubber track. It had three new Champion spark plugs. I installed three new NGK spark plugs. It started right up. I've found that GM vehicles don't like Champion plugs. Some engines get along fine with them.
Great video. I have put into storage one of my garden tractor. Drove it in. In the spring won’t start. Change plug and away it goes. Plugs can just go like a light bulb. Great sounding saw. Have a great weekend. Nice Big cat going there. 👍🏻
Sometimes you just get lucky, I let one of my Echo saws sit for 4 years and it started on the forth pull. Runs like a champ I bought it in 2010 . Erica you do great work.
Excellent ! In my saw stable the MS261 is the go to. Simple cleaning and maintenance including rim socket after 12 years ! With age the bars ( now 16" ) and cc's (50 ) get lower and the comp release is a must now. Your suggestions about intense cleaning ( will do ) are right on...THX. Great product with the PFERD CS-X sharpening tool ( it's blue ). Now to replace at long last the fuel filter per your demo. You are an MBA of saws.
Why is that? When I was a kid, we had a 450 Rancher, used it until it blew up due to bad fuel. Then we got a 460 Rancher, used it until I kind of took over our saw work, sold it and got a 550 XP Mark II, I've loved using all of our Husqvarna saws, and the only issues we've had were due to user error, not the equipment being poorly designed.
G’day greetings from Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺 love your channel you have a no nonsense approach to your work, it was a surprise to find out that it appeared to be the plug I have had the same thing happen to me. Kind regards John
Top work yet again. I had a spark plug issue with my Ms390 a while back. Brand new Bosch plug. All OK for one tank of fuel then there was a small pop and it stopped. After running down many rabbit holes finally had a good look at the plug and the top electrode had worked its way through and plug and was hard up against the ground/earth terminal inside the engine. Lesson being just because a plug is new there still might be a problem.
Hence why I buy Stihl products. I have an echo chainsaw at work. It is trouble to start & everytime I try to start it, it floods. I have to gun it to clear. (Honest opinion...Echo tools are consumer grade. Not commercial. I only buy commercial equipment. No cheap shit anything for me). I had an Echo saw before the one I have. That was difficult to start & was in & out of the shop seemingly every time I used it. The last time I needed it to cut it stalled & failed to start after 25 pulls. I threw it into a revine with my boss watching. He said I guess you need a new saw? I said yep. I thought it was because it was a homeowner saw? He got me a better Echo. Same garbage just bigger.
April 12th. So just over a month ago. And there's still snow on the ground. I spent the first 18 years of my life in weather like that. That's why I'm in the middle of Arizona. And now I wear a hoodie and long sleeves when it gets below 75F (24C) and even that's situationally dependent.
Great video, I have worked on lots of these critters over the years. Some times a whiff of Quick Start helps. Also if you have a touch of the Witch Doctor, that also helps. Kind regards, and greetings from Africa.
It funny you say its just a fouled spark plug. Every single Stihl 2stroke I have ever worked that wound not start, I changed the spark plug before anything else & they always start. Ok they may run rough but its the rough running that fouled the spark plug to start with. Once its running finding the root of the problem is so much easier.
You have an amazing channel. Have a problem with my 261 with captured bar nuts and if tighten them normally the chain will hardly turn on the bar and if they are barely tighten the chain will turn easily any suggestions.
Nice find. Video did not show if you used the decomp, I bet not. I see no reason for decomp on 50cc class saw. They can eventually leak air into the saw.
Hi, I'm watching the video and the bar on the chainsaw is upside down 😂😅, please don't be offended, your video's are really grate, dedicated fan,Verne.
Hi Verne! I’m happy your here! It’s a good practice to rotate the bar periodically for even bar wear - so the bar “looks” upside down because of the words but it’s totally fine and normal.
Hello from New Zealand. ☘Do you have a 'Forester' brand chainsaw in North America? I have that brand saw that has sat unused for nearly 10 years, and has that same starting problem.🌻 I checked the ignition side by spraying some fuel into the carb intake and it started for a few seconds. I am leaning towards a carb rebuild (it has a Walbro carb), but since viewing this video I will check the plug first. Got lots of overgrown trees, branches to clear on our section. Thank you for these helpfull videos.🌹
Do you request customers to drop off the saws ready to run, with gas bar oil and the chain adjusted for cutting? That would make the most sense, I guess. I never took a saw to a shop before. Don't have a Stihl saw, but I do have a Cub XT2 42" Kohler 7000.😁
Bravo, well done! Good to se a woman in men-dominated work....hope I will find more videos when you fix more complicated jobs..... would be nice to see. Keep up the good work 💪💪💪💪💪
I’m actually looking for a new saw. I’m a framing contractor who does a lot of timber work and need a new saw for Timbers and camping. Is the MTronic worth it? Is it a good system? And what saw should I buy. Something smallish but it too small. I have a 311 and love it for firewood. Also. You make me feel guilty for the way I treat my saw. 😂
I’ll give you my honest opinion Page…if I may. The 261CM(m-tronic) is the nicest handling saw I’ve laid hands on, and the reliability has been nothing short of perfect. These things have to be maintained within reason of course,but run non ethanol gas and good oils and it will be as faithful as a machine gets. It sounds like an over-personification of the saw, but it WANTS to cut wood. The power, weight,balance,reliability….it checks every box. A little pricey but in this case and again…my opinion…you very much get what you pay for. You would be VERY happy to own one, the m-tronic has worked EXCELLENT!
I was thinking of something in the ms250 range. I’ll look into it. Thanks! And really I’m Not that hard on my saws. It’s not abused but it does get worked!
26, 026, 261 all basically the same, light weight good power and nice to use, easy to work on. Only problem I've had is heated handles stopped working on my latest one
Your channel is growing but will your husband ever be back on doing lawnmower vids? I would love if both of y’all were in the vids🙂 I miss the mower vids☹️
Just subscribed to your channel, loving the content. Can I put in a request for the 028 for the next video? I inherited a 028 AV Super last year and brought it back to life, such an amazing saw that disguises its 37-year-old age so well.
My guess is the fuel line was plugged. That happens a lot if you don't use it often. Probably wasn't the plug. But... A woman with a chain saw is my kind of woman!!!
Hmm, we have a similar Stihl chainsaw and you have to pull the start cord really slow, then it will start. Yank it like you did, and it will not start. This is due to the starting system of these chains saws
no..i think you were lucky here - the plug isnt the issue,i bet if you put the old one in it woud start - a dead plug WILL get wet, my guess is dirt eighter in the membrane or the vacuum-line..and a new plug with more powefull spark managed to ignite the fumes,and then it cleaned itself out
It definitely would have been interesting to put the old plug back and see if it still isn’t running. Good check to see if the plug was the problem after all.
Coils can break down when hot. Test for spark while still hot. Test plug in another engine (replace plug is best practice). Work back from there. I hope this helps
Good argument for synth fuel. Don’t know if you have increasing ethanol content in your pump gas, but it goes off for fun, and once it wets the plug it blows their candle right out!
yeah, that is like taking your car into the shop cause it is 2 psi below 36. I would be scared working alongside someone who is using this chainsaw, cause they have no right owning one.
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This has been by far the best channel I have found for small engine repair! Your explanations are clear and concise and you seem to have a genuine love/passion for the work you do! Thank you so very much!
Just a quick THANK YOU for sharing your expertise, time, and all of your efforts you and your husband do to bring these videos to us. You are a very good teacher, I like your style of teaching. Very calm, direct, explanatory. Meaning that your style of teaching gives me confidence that I can do my repair successfully. You and your husband are truly professional!!!!
Thank YOU!!
No sunrise or coffee on this one, liked the slowmo with the cat. I would like to see a video on clearing and starting a flooded saw if possible. Thanks for the great content.
I was surprised to see that the spark plug wasn't wet, yet a new plug was the fix. Good call on that. I'm learning more about chainsaws every time I watch you work on one. Thanks.
Cute tuxedo cat!
I wish you tried putting back the old plug after starting it with the new one... just to be sure it was the sparkplug.
This has to be one of the easiest fixes in history. Thank you for the informative diagnostic session.
I waited very patiently for another chainsaw video from our lovely Erica and this one was short and sweet. Earlier this week I worked on an old Homelite handheld blower that was so crusty and covered with dirt that I didn't give it much hope of ever working again. Replaced the brittle fuel lines, cleaned the carb and replaced the metering diaphragm and she fired up like nothing was wrong with it. Love your channel Erica and Tyler and needless to say, these chainsaw repair videos are a hit❤❤❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
That is odd. You said spark plug was dry yet put new one in and it starts. Nice work have a good day.
Great example of “time is money”. Those guys working in the woods probably have four of them on hand, and don’t have the time to tinker with them, as they go down. Knowing they may need a part, it is better to just drop them off as they break, as they would have to make the trip anyhow, to get parts, and spend time getting them going again.
Good morning, i work at a small engine repair shop, and whenever i get a no start chainsaw in i make it a habit to check fuel, spark, and compression first. That usually leads me down the right path for repairs. Good video, thanks.
Love your tux. Looks like a good boy. 🐯
After watching most of these videos I noticed one big thing for customers. The biggest thing to keep your saw running top notch is when I use my saw or outdoor power equipment I always try and keep my power equipment clean. I use it then I clean it and put it away. After cleaning I take the bar off and have the chain sharpened grease the spline bearing with white lithium grease. Most of this equipment brought it not all is usually very dirty air filter dirty or something. When you clean your power equipment it gives you time to inspect it and if you see a worn sprocket or dirty air filter replace it. I always use stihl motomix. I know it gets pricy but in the long run it will keep your equip running at its best. A lot of problems I seen is bad fuel. Thank you for the post
You definitely have a lot of Cub cadet mowers in your shop 👍✌️
Again a very good teaching ! I noticed during the first pull on the video something like a light between the handle and the engine, like a spark outside, coul'd be somewhere around the coil instead of at the plug. Bad sparkplug is allways strange, often there is no sign of evidence. I allready got a sparkplug making well few sparks and after few seconds only one on two, result was a bad slow regime and no acceleration. Change it !
Yep i seen the same thing. Should inspect the lead.
Thank you for sharing your 261 video. Cheers and good summer to you.
Years back I had a not running 1971 Scorpion Super Stinger. 793 Hirth 3 cylinder, three HD tillitson carburators, Three Expansion chambers. Arctic Cat full rubber track. It had three new Champion spark plugs. I installed three new NGK spark plugs. It started right up. I've found that GM vehicles don't like Champion plugs. Some engines get along fine with them.
I like your video style. Excellent for people like me that don't have a clue about small engine repair/maintenance. Thanks.
That easy.i am often overthinking when trying to find the problem on my saws. 😊. Good morning to you all 😊
Good morning!
Great video. I have put into storage one of my garden tractor. Drove it in. In the spring won’t start. Change plug and away it goes. Plugs can just go like a light bulb.
Great sounding saw.
Have a great weekend.
Nice Big cat going there. 👍🏻
Sometimes you just get lucky, I let one of my Echo saws sit for 4 years and it started on the forth pull. Runs like a champ I bought it in 2010 . Erica you do great work.
Case Closed It Was a Case Of Over Choking or His Original Air Cleaner Was So Plugged It Was The Choke 😀 Nice Job
Excellent ! In my saw stable the MS261 is the go to. Simple cleaning and maintenance including rim socket after 12 years ! With age the bars ( now 16" ) and cc's (50 ) get lower and the comp release is a must now. Your suggestions about intense cleaning ( will do ) are right on...THX. Great product with the PFERD CS-X sharpening tool ( it's blue ). Now to replace at long last the fuel filter per your demo. You are an MBA of saws.
You have such a great way to approach the troubleshooting, consistent and really professional. A joy to watch, I’m learning so much ! Thank you!
LOVE your videos.. from 🇦🇺
Thank you! 😊
Enjoy the content. Enjoying the views. Nice!
Good video so many mechanics don’t try to start them first and diagnose properly good job keep up the good work 🪵👍
Thank you, Donny!
Smart! checking the basics first instead of going down the rabbit hole...
TY for Sharing
👍👍👍. Thank you Erica
I have one of those. Never failed, always starts and saws like new after being in use for years. Feel pity for those who have Husqs.😊
Why is that? When I was a kid, we had a 450 Rancher, used it until it blew up due to bad fuel. Then we got a 460 Rancher, used it until I kind of took over our saw work, sold it and got a 550 XP Mark II, I've loved using all of our Husqvarna saws, and the only issues we've had were due to user error, not the equipment being poorly designed.
When I was a kid, we had the same black cat, and we called him "Boots" for obvious reasons, :)
That cat looks like he eats well, and not always out of a bag or a can :)
I got the Stihl 029 farm boss...24 yrs old, same plug and bar...still runs like new
G’day greetings from Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺 love your channel you have a no nonsense approach to your work, it was a surprise to find out that it appeared to be the plug I have had the same thing happen to me. Kind regards John
Top work yet again. I had a spark plug issue with my Ms390 a while back. Brand new Bosch plug. All OK for one tank of fuel then there was a small pop and it stopped. After running down many rabbit holes finally had a good look at the plug and the top electrode had worked its way through and plug and was hard up against the ground/earth terminal inside the engine. Lesson being just because a plug is new there still might be a problem.
Good video - good knowledge thanks.
Hence why I buy Stihl products.
I have an echo chainsaw at work. It is trouble to start & everytime I try to start it, it floods. I have to gun it to clear. (Honest opinion...Echo tools are consumer grade. Not commercial. I only buy commercial equipment. No cheap shit anything for me). I had an Echo saw before the one I have. That was difficult to start & was in & out of the shop seemingly every time I used it. The last time I needed it to cut it stalled & failed to start after 25 pulls. I threw it into a revine with my boss watching. He said I guess you need a new saw? I said yep. I thought it was because it was a homeowner saw? He got me a better Echo. Same garbage just bigger.
Sehr einfacher Fehler,da hätte er auch selbst drauf kommen können da er schon den Luftfilter selbst gewechselt hatte.
Too bad there all not like that....good job
Great videos. I have echo chainsaws though.
5:18 Inspector General reporting for duty
I'd also check the spark arrestor for clogging. If clogged, I burn it out and she runs like a dream.
Great video, thank you
Glad you liked it!
That was fast. Sometimes it is just one little thing
Your cat is a unit!
April 12th. So just over a month ago. And there's still snow on the ground. I spent the first 18 years of my life in weather like that. That's why I'm in the middle of Arizona. And now I wear a hoodie and long sleeves when it gets below 75F (24C) and even that's situationally dependent.
The plug is always the first thing I change out in any small engine
Nice video 💯
Quality diag and fix. Quality cat too! Thanks :-)
Your video is the highlight of my day. Keep it coming! 🤩
That was one large mouser that slipped in! Does it earn its keep? 😊
I noticed that too😄
The upside down bar is upsetting my OCD terribly!!!!
Your fake OCD upsets real OCD people terribly! :-)
Great video, I have worked on lots of these critters over the years.
Some times a whiff of Quick Start helps.
Also if you have a touch of the Witch Doctor, that also helps.
Kind regards, and greetings from Africa.
I love watching your videos and I love you so much
Creepy dude
Same as our streamer recently, no start - new plug - boom good as new
It funny you say its just a fouled spark plug. Every single Stihl 2stroke I have ever worked that wound not start, I changed the spark plug before anything else & they always start. Ok they may run rough but its the rough running that fouled the spark plug to start with. Once its running finding the root of the problem is so much easier.
You have an amazing channel. Have a problem with my 261 with captured bar nuts and if tighten them normally the chain will hardly turn on the bar and if they are barely tighten the chain will turn easily any suggestions.
I buy spark plugs by bulk. I love to keep plenty on hand.
big black cat helped
Nice find. Video did not show if you used the decomp, I bet not. I see no reason for decomp on 50cc class saw. They can eventually leak air into the saw.
It is recommended to use the decomp. Less wear I suppose. She did push it in.
Hi, I'm watching the video and the bar on the chainsaw is upside down 😂😅, please don't be offended, your video's are really grate, dedicated fan,Verne.
Hi Verne! I’m happy your here! It’s a good practice to rotate the bar periodically for even bar wear - so the bar “looks” upside down because of the words but it’s totally fine and normal.
Hello from New Zealand. ☘Do you have a 'Forester' brand chainsaw in North America? I have that brand saw that has sat unused for nearly 10 years, and has that same starting problem.🌻 I checked the ignition side by spraying some fuel into the carb intake and it started for a few seconds. I am leaning towards a carb rebuild (it has a Walbro carb), but since viewing this video I will check the plug first. Got lots of overgrown trees, branches to clear on our section. Thank you for these helpfull videos.🌹
Sounds like the plug works and it's the carb but no harm checking. 👍
@5:20 shop helper cat ! not too fat not too lazy, she better make sure she already clocked in.
just had to take the plug oooooouuuutttt
Well done!
👍
Must have been the good luck of the black cat!
Do you request customers to drop off the saws ready to run, with gas bar oil and the chain adjusted for cutting? That would make the most sense, I guess. I never took a saw to a shop before. Don't have a Stihl saw, but I do have a Cub XT2 42" Kohler 7000.😁
Replaced all my M-Tronic saws by the old models.
Gotta like the easy ones. Do you have a minimum charge like 1/2 hour shop time or?
Bravo, well done! Good to se a woman in men-dominated work....hope I will find more videos when you fix more complicated jobs..... would be nice to see. Keep up the good work 💪💪💪💪💪
I’m actually looking for a new saw. I’m a framing contractor who does a lot of timber work and need a new saw for Timbers and camping. Is the MTronic worth it? Is it a good system? And what saw should I buy. Something smallish but it too small. I have a 311 and love it for firewood. Also. You make me feel guilty for the way I treat my saw. 😂
I’ll give you my honest opinion Page…if I may. The 261CM(m-tronic) is the nicest handling saw I’ve laid hands on, and the reliability has been nothing short of perfect. These things have to be maintained within reason of course,but run non ethanol gas and good oils and it will be as faithful as a machine gets. It sounds like an over-personification of the saw, but it WANTS to cut wood. The power, weight,balance,reliability….it checks every box. A little pricey but in this case and again…my opinion…you very much get what you pay for. You would be VERY happy to own one, the m-tronic has worked EXCELLENT!
@@wizardsofwisconsin7400 I have nothing but good things to say about my 261c it's light ,powerful and runs great.
MS 261 is very popular saw in Finland among foresters.
I was thinking of something in the ms250 range. I’ll look into it. Thanks! And really I’m
Not that hard on my saws. It’s not abused but it does get worked!
26, 026, 261 all basically the same, light weight good power and nice to use, easy to work on. Only problem I've had is heated handles stopped working on my latest one
Your channel is growing but will your husband ever be back on doing lawnmower vids? I would love if both of y’all were in the vids🙂 I miss the mower vids☹️
I have some lawnmower content I will post up soon!
Just subscribed to your channel, loving the content. Can I put in a request for the 028 for the next video? I inherited a 028 AV Super last year and brought it back to life, such an amazing saw that disguises its 37-year-old age so well.
I have a couple 028 videos in the works! :) Thank you for subscribing!
@@marriedwithsmallengines looking forward to it!
There's always something solidly reassuring about a Canadian accent.
No idea why this was recommended - my back yard is about 25m2!
😅
My guess is the fuel line was plugged. That happens a lot if you don't use it often. Probably wasn't the plug. But... A woman with a chain saw is my kind of woman!!!
Easy money!!!
Hmm, we have a similar Stihl chainsaw and you have to pull the start cord really slow, then it will start. Yank it like you did, and it will not start. This is due to the starting system of these chains saws
Some saws have a “easy start” starter (spring assist - slow pull). This saw is not one of them.
@@marriedwithsmallengines thank you!
Where’s your location in Ontario
I would have looked for spark before screwing the new plug in.
Ok pretty lady are you able to have a laugh in you job !
Wow, seemed like all it took was a new spark plug. Who would've thought it was that simple.
Customer must have more money than sense - they could have tried a new plug.
Its alive...its alive.....damn plugs...
👍👍⚒️⚒️🇬🇧
no..i think you were lucky here - the plug isnt the issue,i bet if you put the old one in it woud start - a dead plug WILL get wet, my guess is dirt eighter in the membrane or the vacuum-line..and a new plug with more powefull spark managed to ignite the fumes,and then it cleaned itself out
It definitely would have been interesting to put the old plug back and see if it still isn’t running. Good check to see if the plug was the problem after all.
It's nice to see a chick know how to work on things cool!
More to come!
Where in ontario are you located ?????
We are located near Kingston, Ontario.
12 year old 261 ( no C ) starts easy BUTT not when warm. Gas cap vented, new fuel, filter clean, plug gaped and dry, still no start. Help. Thx.
sound like you need to vacuum/pressure test the crank seals, or remove and replace diaphragms in the carb.
Coils can break down when hot. Test for spark while still hot. Test plug in another engine (replace plug is best practice). Work back from there.
I hope this helps
Might be crankshaft seal
I think the customer will say " son of a bitch "
A small engine mechanic showed me how to start a badly flooded Stihl chainsaw, by pointing the bar down at the ground and pulling it until it started
i wonder if every human being dreams of an lawn mower u can sit on.
Easy to flood! less gas is more!....
Good argument for synth fuel. Don’t know if you have increasing ethanol content in your pump gas, but it goes off for fun, and once it wets the plug it blows their candle right out!
I think old spark plug has wrong heat rate for this saw. 🤔
It can be flooded without the spark plug be whet .
yeah, that is like taking your car into the shop cause it is 2 psi below 36. I would be scared working alongside someone who is using this chainsaw, cause they have no right owning one.
I would never do that without gloves.
The person who brought that saw in should not be allowed to own one!.......that is ridiculous!